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Throwback Thursday: Basketball Players Putting on Makeup

Basketball season is in full swing and we’re celebrating with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! In this week’s 8″ x 10″ black and white acetate negative, we have two young women, in basketball uniforms,...

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Throwback Thursday: Winter School Day

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s black and white photograph was taken by John Nelson. It is published and owned by History Nebraska. John Nelson was born in Sweden, in...

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Throwback Thursday: Aerial view of Camp Atlanta

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 5″ x 3.5″ black and white photograph showing the aerial view of Camp Atlanta. It served as a prisoner of war camp for German...

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Throwback Thursday: Students at Union College

This week’s #ThrowbackThursday is hitting the books! This week, we have a 5-1/2″ x 3-1/4″ black and white photograph of Union College students studying in the library. The library was housed in the...

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Throwback Thursday: Lt John J Pershing and Staff

It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! In 1891, Lt. John J. Pershing took the position of Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Nebraska. He also...

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Throwback Thursday: D. Eiche Firestone Service

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have an interior view of D. Eiche Firestone Service located on the southwest corner of 12th and N Streets in Lincoln. According to Polk’s...

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Throwback Thursday: Loomis Basketball Team, 1916

Boys state basketball is underway and we’re celebrating with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! Today, we have a 5″ x 7″ black and white photograph of the Loomis High School basketball team in 1916. In...

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Throwback Thursday: Race Meet Day, Main Street, Neligh, August 1912

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s black and white image was created by Frank Bauman. It is published and owned by the Antelope County Historical Society. Located in Neligh,...

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Throwback Thursday: Sacred Heart Academy

It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from the Nebraska Memories archive! 110 years ago, a devastating tornado hit Omaha, Nebraska. This week’s image shows the aftermath of that storm and the...

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Throwback Thursday: Damn Yankees

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s #throwback features a black and white publicity photo from the musical “Damn Yankees” written by Richard Adler. This image was captured...

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Throwback Thursday: Capitol Ave. Park

It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a late 1800s black and white photograph of Capitol Avenue Park, looking west. This image was created by George Heyn....

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Throwback Thursday: McKinley Library Club

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 9 1/2″ x 7 3/4″ black and white photograph of the McKinley Library Club standing on the school’s front steps in April of 1914....

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Throwback Thursday: A to Z Dress Shop

It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 4″ x 5″ acetate negative of the interior of A to Z Dress Shop, located in David City. This image is part of the...

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Throwback Thursday: Pilot

Look what we found on the Nebraska Memories archive! This week’s #ThrowbackThursday features a black and white photograph of a male pilot standing next to an airplane. This early 1900s image is...

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Throwback Thursday: Automobile at Elmwood Park

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! In this black and white photograph, three people are seated in a Velie automobile in front of a pavilion at Elmwood Park, located at 802 S. 60th Street...

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Throwback Thursday: Illinois Street, Sidney, NE

It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 5 3/8″ x 3 1/2″ postcard of Illinois Street in Sidney, Nebraska. This main street is lined with many businesses...

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Throwback Thursday: Beet Field

Check out what we found on the Nebraska Memories archive! This #ThrowbackThursday shows a long line of boys standing in a beet field at the Nebraska State Industrial School in Kearney. In addition to...

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Throwback Thursday: Aerial View of Wayne State College

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a black and white photograph of the Wayne State College campus in 1950. This image is published and owned by Wayne State College....

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Throwback Thursday: Summer School

It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! Pictured in this week’s #Throwback are some students attending Summer School at the Nebraska State School at Kearney in the early...

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Throwback Thursday: John Neihardt and Mamie McCorkindale

Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This black and white photograph features Mamie McCorkindale and John Neihardt. It is published and owned by Wayne State College. One of three state...

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